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John Berger

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John Peter Berger (1926–2017) was an English writer, art critic, novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and artist. His work ranged across fiction, visual criticism, photography, poetry, theater, and political writing. He won the 1972 Booker Prize for G. and is widely known for Ways of Seeing. He frequently collaborated with photographers, artists, and writers, especially Jean Mohr.

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Ways of Seeing

The clearest introduction to Berger's influential writing on art, images, and visual culture.

Cover of G.

G.

His Booker Prize-winning novel and a central work of his fiction.

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A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor

A concise, accessible collaboration combining Berger's social analysis with Jean Mohr's photography.

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trilogy · complete

Into Their Labours

A trilogy of fiction about peasant life, labor, migration, and rural change in Europe.

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  1. 1 Cover of Pig Earth
    Pig Earth

    Book 1 · novella-collection · 1979

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  2. 2 Cover of Once in Europa
    Once in Europa

    Book 2 · short-story-collection · 1986

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  3. 3 Cover of Lilac and Flag: An Old Wives' Tale of a City
    Lilac and Flag: An Old Wives' Tale of a City

    Book 3 · novel · 1990

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (9)
  1. Cover of A Painter of Our Time
    A Painter of Our Time

    novel · 1958

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  2. Cover of The Success and Failure of Picasso
    The Success and Failure of Picasso

    nonfiction · 1965

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  3. Cover of A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
    A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor

    nonfiction · 1967

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  4. Cover of G.
    G.

    novel · 1972

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  5. Cover of A Seventh Man: A Book of Images and Words about the Experience of Migrant Workers in Europe
    A Seventh Man: A Book of Images and Words about the Experience of Migrant Workers in Europe

    nonfiction · 1975

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  6. Cover of To the Wedding
    To the Wedding

    novel · 1995

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  7. Cover of King: A Street Story
    King: A Street Story

    novel · 1999

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  8. Cover of Here Is Where We Meet
    Here Is Where We Meet

    novel · 2005

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  9. Cover of From A to X: A Story in Letters
    From A to X: A Story in Letters

    novel · 2008

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Nonfiction (2)
  1. Cover of Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the U.S.S.R.
    Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the U.S.S.R.

    art-criticism · 1969

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  2. Cover of Ways of Seeing
    Ways of Seeing

    art-criticism · 1972

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Short fiction (5)
  1. Cover of The Foot of Clive
    The Foot of Clive

    short-story-collection · 1962

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  2. Cover of Corker's Freedom
    Corker's Freedom

    short-story-collection · 1964

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  3. Cover of Photocopies
    Photocopies

    short-story-collection · 1996

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  4. Isabelle: A Story in Shorts

    short-story-collection · 1998

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  5. Cover of The Red Tenda of Bologna
    The Red Tenda of Bologna

    short-story · 2007

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Essays and speeches (12)
  1. Permanent Red: Essays in Seeing

    essay-collection · 1960

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  2. Cover of The Moment of Cubism and Other Essays
    The Moment of Cubism and Other Essays

    essay-collection · 1969

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  3. Cover of The Look of Things: Selected Essays and Articles
    The Look of Things: Selected Essays and Articles

    essay-collection · 1972

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  4. Cover of About Looking
    About Looking

    essay-collection · 1980

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  5. Cover of And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
    And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

    essay-collection · 1984

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  6. Cover of The Sense of Sight
    The Sense of Sight

    essay-collection · 1985

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  7. Cover of Keeping a Rendezvous
    Keeping a Rendezvous

    essay-collection · 1992

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  8. Cover of The Shape of a Pocket
    The Shape of a Pocket

    essay-collection · 2001

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  9. Cover of Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance
    Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

    essay-collection · 2007

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  10. Cover of Why Look at Animals?
    Why Look at Animals?

    essay-collection · 2009

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  11. Cover of Bento's Sketchbook
    Bento's Sketchbook

    essay-collection · 2011

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  12. Cover of Confabulations
    Confabulations

    essay-collection · 2016

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Poetry (4)
  1. Pages of the Wound: Poems, Drawings, Photographs, 1956–96

    poetry · 1994

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  2. Cover of Railtracks
    Railtracks

    poetry · 2011

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  3. Cover of Collected Poems
    Collected Poems

    poetry · 2014

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  4. Flying Skirts: An Elegy

    poetry · 2015

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Plays (2)
  1. Cover of A Question of Geography
    A Question of Geography

    play · 1987

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  2. Goya's Last Portrait: The Painter Played Today

    play · 1989

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Other (20)
  1. Cover of Another Way of Telling
    Another Way of Telling

    photography · 1982

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  2. Cover of Titian: Nymph and Shepherd
    Titian: Nymph and Shepherd

    art-book · 1996

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  3. Man on a Beach

    graphic-work · 1998

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  4. Cover of At the Edge of the World
    At the Edge of the World

    photography · 1999

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  5. Cover of I Send You This Cadmium Red
    I Send You This Cadmium Red

    correspondence · 2000

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  6. My Beautiful

    photography · 2004

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  7. Entries

    artist-book · 2005

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  8. Word from a Foreign Language

    artist-book · 2006

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  9. Par la Fenêtre

    artist-book · 2009

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  10. Le Blaireau et le Roi

    artist-book · 2010

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  11. Mantegna: Lying Down to Sleep

    art-book · 2010

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  12. Cover of Cataract
    Cataract

    graphic-work · 2012

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  13. Disparate de Fuendetodos

    artist-book · 2013

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  14. Four Horizons

    artist-book · 2015

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  15. Lapwing & Fox

    artist-book · 2016

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  16. Garden to My Cheek

    artist-book · 2016

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  17. Cover of Smoke
    Smoke

    graphic-work · 2016

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  18. Cartas a Marisa Camino

    artist-book · 2018

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  19. Cover of What Time Is It?
    What Time Is It?

    graphic-work · 2018

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  20. Cover of Over to You
    Over to You

    artist-book · 2019

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